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Welcome Back! Power Rankings Now that the CFP has been set, it's interesting to see how my rankings compare.  I got the 12 teams correct, but in a slightly different order. I have SMU higher than the committee, and Clemson and Boise State flipped. Most of the rest I missed is in the 5-12 range. The ones I got right are #1, #2, and #5. All-in-all, I would have to say my Power Rankings did a good job of picking the CFP teams! #8 SMU would host #9 Penn State, with the winner moving on to play #1 Oregon #5 Texas would host #12 Boise State, with the winner taking on #4 Arizona State #6 Notre Dame would host #11 Tennessee for the privilege of playing #3 Clemson #7 Indiana would host #10 Ohio State, with the winner facing #2 Georgia Here are my rankings (again) from 1 to 134: Rank Team Previous 1 Oregon 3 2 Texas 1 3 Notre Dame 2 4 Georgia 5 5 Indiana 4 6 SMU 6 7 Penn State 7 8 Ohio State 8 9 Tennessee 9 10 Clemson 14 11 South Carolina 10 12 Arizona State 15 13 Alabama 11 14 Ole Miss 12 1...

Welcome Back! Power Rankings With the conference title games completed, these are where we stand heading into the CFP selection.  I'm going to continue to show you how the CFP bracket would be set up if the committee were using my Power Rankings. For the purposes of this exercise, I'll use the highest ranking conference member as its champion.  #8 SMU would host #9 Penn State, with the winner moving on to play #1 Oregon #5 Texas would host #12 Boise State, with the winner taking on #4 Arizona State #6 Notre Dame would host #11 Tennessee for the privilege of playing #3 Clemson #7 Indiana would host #10 Ohio State, with the winner facing #2 Georgia This bracket has 3 SEC teams, 4 from the Big Ten, 2 from the ACC, and 1 team each from the Big XII, and MWC, along with Notre Dame.  The 1st 5 teams out would be South Carolina, Alabama, Ole Miss, Miami, and BYU. Here are my rankings from 1 to 134: Rank Team Previous 1 Oregon 3 2 Texas 1 3 Notre Dame 2 4 Georgia 5 5 Indiana 4 6 S...